Why do business service firms cluster? Small consultancies, clustering and decentralization in London and Southern England

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-90

  Keeble, D ^a   Nachum, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business services; Clustering; Collective learning; Globalization; London; SMEs

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECENTRALIZATION; GLOBALIZATION; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036123755     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-5661.00042     Document Type: Article

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